Date | R | Home vs Away | - |
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11/23 13:00 | 14 | [4] Odense BK Women vs Fortuna Hjørring Women [1] | 1-2 |
11/23 13:00 | 14 | [5] HB Køge Women vs B93 Copenhagen Women [7] | 5-0 |
11/23 13:00 | 14 | [8] Kolding IF Women vs Brøndby IF Women [3] | 0-2 |
11/23 13:00 | 14 | [2] FC Nordsjaelland Women vs AGF Women [6] | 1-2 |
11/17 14:00 | 13 | [1] Fortuna Hjørring Women vs HB Køge Women [5] | 2-1 |
11/17 12:00 | 13 | [7] B93 Copenhagen Women vs Odense BK Women [4] | 1-4 |
11/16 14:00 | 13 | [6] AGF Women vs Kolding IF Women [8] | 2-1 |
11/16 12:00 | 13 | [3] Brøndby IF Women vs FC Nordsjaelland Women [2] | 3-0 |
11/10 15:00 | 12 | [4] HB Køge Women vs Brøndby IF Women [3] | 0-1 |
11/10 14:00 | 12 | [5] Odense BK Women vs AGF Women [6] | 0-0 |
11/10 12:00 | 12 | [8] Kolding IF Women vs Fortuna Hjørring Women [2] | 2-5 |
11/09 14:00 | 12 | [2] FC Nordsjaelland Women vs B93 Copenhagen Women [7] | 2-0 |
The Danish Women's League (Danish: Danmarksturneringens Kvindeliga, Kvinde-DM Liga or Kvindeligaen) is a semi-professional top-flight league for women's football in Denmark. It is organised by the Danish Football Association (DBU) as part of the nation-wide Danmarksturneringen i kvindefodbold (Kvinde-DM) and is placed as the first division of the Danish football league system. Clubs in the league must meet certain criteria concerning appropriate facilities and finances. All of the league's clubs qualify for the proper rounds of the DBU KvindePokalen. The top teams of each season qualify for the UEFA Women's Champions League.
The division has changed its name on several occasions. It began as Danmarksturneringen i damefodbold (1975 until 1980), then Dame 1. division (1981 until 1992), Elitedivisionen (1993 until 2015–16) and the current name, Kvindeligaen, beginning with the 2016–17 season. Due to sponsorship arrangements, it was known as 3F Ligaen for fourteen seasons (2005–06 until 2018–19) and since the 2019–20 season as Gjensidige Kvindeligaen.
According to FIFA's 2023 Women's Benchmarking Report, the league in 2021-22 drew an average of 388 fans per game, 57% of players had signed compensated player contracts (of whom, the average annual salary was between $10-15k USD), and 29% of players made their primary living from football. The league's status as semi-professional presented challenges for its return-to-play from the 2019-2020 COVID-19 pandemic, as initially in Denmark only fully professional sports were allowed to resume. A rise in interest and participation in women's football has driven increased investment into the league in recent years, although the best players in Denmark still often depart for fully professional clubs abroad.